JPEG name & KWC reference # being translated: KWC2007.1.3795
Name of Translator: Fumi Mori
Title/Credentials: OCOM MAcOM Student
Characters: 柳枝 + 葉
Pinyin: Liu Zhi + Ye
English: Babylon Weeping Willow Branch (+ Leaves?)
Latin: Salix Babylonica
Notes from Translator: The single character on the left indicates "leaves", but the content picture only shown the twigs/branches. Doesn't seem to be popular herb in the modern times, but according to a source (http://thanhsiang.org/en/medicinal-plants-0): In Chinese medicine, the plant is mainly used as a disinfectant and an antiseptic. The young shoots are boiled in water to extract the water soluble medicinal substances and used as a wash for abscesses, ulcers and skin diseases. Also, Wikipedia says: willows contain salicin, a substance that is metabolized into salicylic acid in the human body, which is a precursor of aspirin. It temporarily relieves headache, stomachache, and other body pain (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willow#Medicine).
JPEG name & KWC reference # being translated: KWC2007.1.3795
Name of Translator: Fumi Mori
Title/Credentials: OCOM MAcOM Student
Characters: 柳枝 + 葉
Pinyin: Liu Zhi + Ye
English: Babylon Weeping Willow Branch (+ Leaves?)
Latin: Salix Babylonica
Notes from Translator: The single character on the left indicates "leaves", but the content picture only shown the twigs/branches. Doesn't seem to be popular herb in the modern times, but according to a source (http://thanhsiang.org/en/medicinal-plants-0): In Chinese medicine, the plant is mainly used as a disinfectant and an antiseptic. The young shoots are boiled in water to extract the water soluble medicinal substances and used as a wash for abscesses, ulcers and skin diseases. Also, Wikipedia says: willows contain salicin, a substance that is metabolized into salicylic acid in the human body, which is a precursor of aspirin. It temporarily relieves headache, stomachache, and other body pain (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willow#Medicine).